The 96th Regiment, Ohio
Vol. Inf., was raised in the Eighth Congressional
District and organized at Camp Delaware on August 29, 1862. Albert H. Brown was
lieutenant-colonel of the regiment. One hundred and forty men enlisted from
Marion County, mostly in Company E. The 96th lost
heavily in the attack on Arkansas Post and then took part in the siege of
Vicksburg. Throughout the term of its enlistment it was engaged in the war in
the West. It marched 1,683 miles; was transported by boat 7,686 miles; and by
rail 517 miles; making a grand total of 9,886 miles (from History of Marion
County, Ohio)